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Counsel for Christians married to Christians
Christians in Corinth were surrounded by sexual temptation. The city had a reputation even among the heathen for sexual immorality and religious prostitution. It was in this kind of society that Paul delivered these instructions on sex and marriage. He deals with a set of problem …

Counsel for Christians married to non-Christians
In the previous passage it has been clear that the instructions were for cases where both the husband and wife were Christians. Now the apostle speaks of the situation where, after marriage one spouse becomes saved and the other is not. The question is asked, does this make it …

Counsel for the Christians who are not married
Unmarried Christians (vv. 25-40). The question was, “Must a Christian get married?” The extreme Jewish view was that it was a sin if a man reached twenty years of age without being married. Paul points out that the single man or woman has greater freedom to serve the …